Crime Rates at Wardour Street, London, W1D 6PG

Wardour Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Knightsbridge & Belgravia , and the 7th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wardour Street (W1D 6PG) in the last 12 months was 7410.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2375.8% higher than the Knightsbridge & Belgravia average (299.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1,004 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 11 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -51.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 621 (≈ 1734.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wardour Street (W1D 6PG), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 2675 crimes here, including 690 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.